Master in Finance

CFA Institute - Qualify as an international Chartered Financial Analyst

If you are looking to make a career as a consultant in mergers and acquisitions, project financing, as an equity analyst, fixed income analyst, portfolio manager, equity salesperson, etc., you can prepare while studying at ESSEC by passing the CFA Institute exam to become a “Chartered Financial Analyst” which is the internationally recognized qualification. 

Furthermore, every year, Master in Finance students represent ESSEC to the CFA Institute Research Challenge. In Feb 2019, ESSEC won the French final and qualified for the EMEA final.

AMF - Autorité des marchés financiers - Become a certified finance practitioner in France

If you are looking to pursue your career in France, you may need to gain the AMF certification. As a registered ESSEC student, you will be given access to the training course offered by Bärchen, which includes access to the training platform, mock tests, relevant documentation and the final exam.

Alumneye - Investment Banking and Strategy Consulting interview coaching

AlumnEye, a network of professionals designed to help prepare for
interviews in Investment Banking, Market Finance and Strategy
Consulting, trains students for the selection process of the most
prestigious financial institutions. This interactive and personalized
training, taking place at the beginning of the academic year, allows
students to stand out from the thousands of applications, and facilitates
significantly access to summer internships and graduate programs.

Energy and Commodity Finance Research Center

The Energy and Commodity Finance RESEARCH CENTER at ESSEC Business School aims at promoting research and disseminating knowledge in the field of commodity markets and energy finance. This goal is pursued by undertaking research projects and hosting activities for incentivizing interaction across disciplines including finance, economics, financial mathematics, operations research, and management science. Focus is put on bridging international collaborations among researchers at a worldwide level. The center organizes scientific conferences, runs a monthly webinar, supervises a dedicated graduate track, and manages Argo Review, a journal devoted to cutting-edge knowledge in the field.

ESSEC Amundi Chair in Asset & Risk Management

It aims at promoting academic research in the field of Asset and Risk management and stimulating the cooperation between ESSEC and Amundi researchers, in particular in offering a series of research seminars on specialized topics to Amundi collaborators and institutional clients and diffusing the results of academic research towards these collaborators. Finally, the Chair plans to organize an annual conference on Asset & Risk Management